Braid for hats



' E.M.POONS April 28, 1925.

BRAID FOR HATS Filed o ct. 19, 1922 INVENTOR A TTORNE K5 Patented Apr. 28, 1925 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD M. POONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRAID FOR HATS.

Application filed October 19, 1922. Serial No. 595,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. POONS, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of y the borough of Manhattan, in the city and 5 State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Braids for Hats,

of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a novel braid especially designed for use in 1 the making of hats, which braid is composed of plaited strands of straw and bamboo leaf, preferably in their natural or undyed state, thereby producing a braid of permanently contrasting colors which will be very at- 15 tractive, strong and durable and well adapted for the purpose intended.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawing, in which 20 Fig. 1 represents my new braid in plan.

Fig. 2 represents the straw strand.

Fig. 3 represents the bamboo leaf strand.

The straw strand is denoted by 1 and the bamboo leaf strand is denoted by 2, which strands are preferably left in their natural 25 or undyed state, so that, when they are 'plaited together they will form a braid as 

